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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Indians' Trevor Bauer ‘confident’ pinky won't make mess of Series start — Trevor Bauer of the Cleveland Indians throws during workouts for the 2016 World Series at Progressive Field. — Chicago Tribune — When Trevor Bauer last took the mound in the American League Championship Series …
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Chicago Tribune, Let's Go Tribe, Bleacher Report, baseballmusings.com and Washington Post
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Paul Skrbina / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs undecided on Jake Arrieta's catcher for Game 2 — Photos of the 2015 NL Cy Young winner. — Chicago Tribune — One thing is for sure, Jake Arrieta will pitch in the ballpark formerly known as “The Jake” on Wednesday night when the Cubs face the Indians in Game 2 of the World Series.
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ESPN, Chicago Tribune, Red Reporter, Bleacher Report and Yahoo Sports
New York Daily News:
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says he'll meet with Indians to discuss Chief Wahoo logo — Commissioner Rob Manfred said he will meet with Cleveland Indians' ownership to discuss whether the team's controversial logo still has a place in Major League Baseball.
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Scene and Heard and Bleacher Report
ESPN:
Why the Cubs are in more trouble than you might think — CLEVELAND — Hey, far be it for us to send waves of alarm rippling through Cubs Nation after one game of a World Series — even if it's a game they happened to lose 6-to-zilch Tuesday night to the fearsome Corey Kluber/Andrew Miller/Cody Allen division …
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Associated Press and The Big Lead
Nancy Armour / USA Today:
Where's Steve Bartman? Cheering for the Cubs
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NESN.com, Halos Heaven, New York Post and The Big Lead
Fox Sports:
AP Was There: Cubs win the 1908 World Series
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Associated Press, baseballmusings.com and Sportsnet.ca
Rob Arthur / FiveThirtyEight:
Even The Data Thinks The Cubs May Have Been Cursed
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Royals Review, FanGraphs Baseball, Kansas City Star, SiriusXM Blog, South Side Sox and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Star Tribune:
Rangers official Thad Levine could be next general manager of Twins — Thad Levine, currently the assistant general manager of the Texas Rangers, has emerged as a candidate to work under Derek Falvey once he takes over as the Twins chief baseball officer, according to a source familiar with the Twins search.
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MLB Trade Rumors, Dallas Morning News, Bleacher Nation, Twin Cities, MLB Daily Dish, Lone Star Ball and Twinkie Town
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Evan Drellich / Boston Herald:
Dombrowski: Drew Pomeranz does not need surgery — A tumultuous year for Drew Pomeranz, one that put the left-hander in the middle of a spat between two clubs and MLB, seems to be ending on a high note: the Red Sox pitcher does not need surgery. — Pomeranz had soreness in his throwing forearm late …
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MLB Daily Dish, NBCSports.com and FenwayNation
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox May Not Hire New General Manager
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AZ Snake Pit, Over the Monster, NBCSports.com, Bleacher Report, Chowder and Champions, Yahoo Sports and Twinkie Town
FanSided:
FanSided Fan of the Year Official Rules — HOW TO ENTER: — This contest begins at 12:01 AM ET on October 24, 2016 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on November 4, 2016. To enter, consumers must email a 200 word essay or 2 minute video to Fansided at http://dev.fansided.com/fansided- sports-fan-year/.
Patrick Hogan / Fusion:
Hillary Clinton says she won't be the next ‘deporter-in-chief’ — These Iowa kids will charm the next president into fixing immigration, the environment, and school lunch
Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Cespedes will opt out, but Mets remain in picture — Star Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes plans to exercise his opt-out clause shortly after the World Series. — This should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the game, as it's a virtual lock that he tops the $47.5 million over two years he has remaining on his contract.
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ESPN, Newsday, Halos Heaven, NESN.com, Pinstripe Alley, MLB Trade Rumors, Mets 101, Federal Baseball, MLB Daily Dish, Amazin' Avenue and New York Times
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Outright Lucas Harrell, Shawn Tolleson — The Rangers have outrighted right-handed pitchers Lucas Harrell and Shawn Tolleson, according to an announcement from VP of communications John Blake. Both pitchers ended the year on the 60-day DL, and now have the option to elect free agency.
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Lone Star Ball
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
There's Never Been a Draft Without a War — Dominican Republic players and trainers protested a possible international draft by boycotting the Dominican national showcase scheduled for today (Wednesday) and Thursday: … Well, MLB wants the draft, and the union doesn't really care, so like it or not, the fight is with MLB.
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MLB Daily Dish and Baseball America
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Minor MLB Transactions: 10/26/16 — Here are the day's minor moves from around the league... - The Brewers announced that they've re-signed right-hander Stephen Kohlscheen to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. The 28-year-old spent the 2016 season …
